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Ecologic Institute

About us

The Ecologic Institute is a private not-for-profit think tank for applied environmental research, policy analysis and consultancy with offices in Berlin, Brussels, Vienna, and Washington DC. Founded in 1995, the Ecologic Institute is dedicated to bringing fresh ideas to environmental policies and to promoting sustainable development. Ecologic's work programme focuses on obtaining practical results and on enhancing the importance of environmental protection and sustainable resource management in the fields of foreign and security policy, international relations and global governance structures. As an independent, non-partisan body, it undertakes applied research and analysis to increase awareness and understanding of the political, economic and technological forces driving global change.

The Ecologic Institute is officially recognised to be in the public interest. Donations to the Ecologic Institute are tax-deductible.

Services

The Ecologic Institute undertakes applied research. It is mainly project-funded and carries out projects in environmental policy and other policy fields, the outcomes of which are e.g. reports, comparative studies, policy evaluations, literature studies, meta-studies or discussion and background papers. The Ecologic Institute conducts interviews and utilises questionnaires in order to reflect current developments. The Ecologic Institute prepares scientific information for the political decision-making process in order to develop goal oriented concepts for environmental policy.

The Ecologic Institute provides policy consultancy, and animates and facilitates international policy processes in order to develop new approaches at interfaces between different policy fields, and also between different policy communities. This includes the creation and the fostering of international policy networks. Through its involvement in negotiating and concluding multilateral environmental agreements, the Ecologic Institute focuses on cross-cutting issues of regime design, compliance by signatories, and the application of general principles in international law. A significant part of its work focuses also on analyzing and furthering the development of the environmental policy of the European Union and its Member States. Ecologic advances innovation in European environmental governance and advocates greening the treaties constituting the European Union.

The Ecologic Institute produces numerous publications of reports and studies, among others in the Ecologic Briefs and in its book series "International and European Environmental Studies". Current developments at the Ecologic Institute are addressed in the monthly Ecologic Newsletter. The various lectures given by Ecologic's staff and the events organized by Ecologic's Conference Team also contribute to the distribution of the projects' scientific results. Ecologic regularly hosts Dinner Dialogues. This event series brings international environmental experts to Berlin for an informal debate with opinion leaders and decision-makers.

Issues

Ecologic's work covers the entire spectrum of environmental issues, including the integration of environmental concerns into other policy fields. Among its areas of expertise are: Soil, Land Use, Agriculture, Bioenergy, Biodiversity, Nature Conservation, Sustainability, Development, Foreign Policy, Security Policy, Governance, Democracy, Policy Assessment, Mainstreaming, EU Environment, Global Environment, Climate, Energy, Forest, Water, Marine Policy, Trade, Investment, Transport, Tourism, Waste, Consumer Policy, Business and Industry. Ecologic's special strength lies in its interdisciplinary approach to cross-cutting issues within different policy fields, such as tradeable environmental rights, capacity building, global governance, implementation of political concepts or the financing of environmental protection.

Team

The Ecologic Institute has a multi-disciplinary staff of ca. 90 that includes lawyers and negotiators, social and natural scientists, economists, technologists and planners that work together in individual project teams. Ecologic's legal expertise is represented by its Ecologic Legal Team. The Ecologic Events Team has been set up for the organisation of conferences, workshops and events. Ecologic's staff are well-experienced in handling international contacts and are multi-lingual. The languages spoken at the Ecologic Institute include German, English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Nepalese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Ukraininan and Vietnamese.

Partners

The Ecologic Institute is the German partner in the network of Institutes for European Environmental Policy. It co-operates closely with the experts of these institutes and thus has access to their experience in environmental policy. Ecologic is also engaged in the exchange of information with other research institutions. Furthermore, the memberships of R. Andreas Kraemer and of Ecologic's fellows in various bodies ensure close contacts with other environmental policy institutions.

The Ecologic Institute participates in consortial research projects working mostly with such project partners as universities and institutes but also with business associations, ministries, Federal Offices and environmental organizations. These co-operations establish a net of international contacts which is being continuously fostered and has proved useful on many occasions.

Ecologic's clients and sponsors include Parliaments, Governments, administrations on the Federal, State and local levels, industrial associations, trade unions, governmental and non-governmental organizations, environmental organizations as well as consumer protection agencies. Ecologic's work involves national and international policy-makers and business leaders, technical experts and representatives of civil society organizations and covers a growing geographic area with a primary focus on Europe and North America.

Ecologic Institute
Berlin – Brussels – Vienna – Washington DC

Internet www.ecologic.eu
Email

Pfalzburger Strasse 43-44, 10717 Berlin, Germany
Tel. +49 (30) 86880-0
Fax +49 (30) 86880-100

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